Sydney Batchelder

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Assistant Professor

Psychology

301L 

734.487.2240

[email protected]

Education

  • Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Experimental Psychology
  • M.S. University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Behavior Analysis
  • B.S. Eastern Connecticut State University, Psychological Science

Postdoctoral Fellowship

  • University of Vermont, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, NIH T32 Training in Behavioral Pharmacology of Drug Abuse

Interests and Expertise

  • Behavioral Pharmacology
  • Assessing behavioral predictors of substance use disorders via behavioral economics
  • Behavioral interventions to promote health behaviors including physical activity, substance use treatment, and reducing risky and impulsive behavior
  • Incorporating an intersectional framework to reduce health disparities in treatment and prevention of behaviors related to public health

Courses

  • PSY 203 Self-analysis and self-control
  • PSY 365 Fundamentals of Applied Behavior Analysis
  • PSY 630 Behavioral Medicine

Publications and Presentations

Sigmon, S. C., Batchelder, S. R., & Badger, G. J. (Under Review).  Novel intervention to improve food insecurity among individuals with opioid use disorder: A randomized clinical trial.  The Lancet Public Health.

Ross, E. L., Batchelder, S. R., Peck, K. R., & Sigmon, S. C. (Under Review).  The cost-effectiveness of technology-assisted buprenorphine treatment vs. control for opioid use disorder: An analysis of three randomized trials.  Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

Batchelder, S. R., Devoto, A., & Washington, W.D. (Accepted). Effectiveness of prize-based cash incentives to increase step count. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis Special Section: Applications of Contingency Management.

Langford, J. S., Batchelder, S. R., Hughes, C. E., & Pitts, R. C. (Accepted, pending minor revisions).  Effects of methylphenidate on sensitivity to reinforcement amount, delay, and probability: Implications for impulsive and risky choice. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.

Blejewski, R.C., Hurtado, R., Batchelder, S. R., Helvey, C. I., & Pilgrim, C. (2024).  Student perceptions of diversity, equity, and inclusion practices related to racism in behavior-analytic graduate training programs. Behavior and Social Issues. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42822-024-00177-2

Sigmon, S.C., Peck, K.R., Batchelder, S.R., Badger, G.J., Heil, S.H., & Higgins, S.T. (2023). Technology-assisted buprenorphine treatment in non-rural and rural settings: Two randomized clinical trials. JAMA Network Open,6(9): e2331910. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.31910.

Andraka-Christou, B., Williams, M., Buksbaum, S., Kark, J., Stein, B., Batchelder, S.R., Heil, S., Rawson, R., Higgins, S. T., & Sigmon, S. C. (2023).  US state laws relevant to incentives for health behavior: A qualitative analysis.  Preventive Medicine.

Batchelder, S. R., Van Heukelom, J. T., Proctor, K., & Washington, W. D. (2023).  Escalating schedules of incentives increase physical activity with no differences between deposit and no-deposit groups: A systematic replication.  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 56(1), 201-215. doi: 10.1002/jaba.964

Van Camp, C., Batchelder, S. R., & Helvey, C. I. (2022).  Individual heart rate assessment and bout analysis of vigorous physical activity in children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 55(3):782-798. doi: 10.1002/jaba.922

Langford, J. S., Batchelder, S. R., Haste, D. A., Thuman, E. P., Pitts, R. C., & Hughes, C. E. (2021).  Effects of chlordiazepoxide on pausing during rich-to-lean transitions.  Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 116(1):3-20. doi: 10.1002/jeab.703

Batchelder, S. R., & Washington, W. D. (2021).  Effects of incentives and prompts on sitting and walking behavior in university employees.  Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 21(3), 219-237.

Cariveau, T., Batchelder, S. R., Ball, S., & La Cruz Montilla, A. (2021). Review of methods to equate target sets in the Adapted Alternating Treatments Design.  Behavior Modification. doi: 10.11177/0145445520903049

Lab Contact and Relevent Information

Behavior Analysis of Substance use and Health Lab- BASH Lab